Pin ticket and the like



April 28, 1931. M A MARSH 1,802,980

PIN TICKET AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 10, 1927 avwwntoz MEL V/LLE A. MARSH35 Mlbtovw W ZMM Patented Apr. 28, 1931 UNITED stares MELVILLE A. MARSH,OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO A. KIMBALL COMPANY, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK PIN TICKET AND THE LIKEApplication filed November 10, 1927. Serial No. 232,312.

' This invention relates to improvements in cards and tickets such asare widely used for marking merchandise, and has particular reference toimprovements in what are generally referred to as pin tickets.

One object of the invention is to provide a card or ticket of the kindmentioned which may readily be attached to merchandise of various kindswithout the necessity of puncturing the articles. Inciden ally theimproved device may readily be attached to articles made of materialwhich cannot be punctured by the usual pins or wires and which are ofsuch a nature that it is difiicult or undesirable to mark data, such ascost price, stock numbers and selling prices, on the articlesthemselves.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction which willpermit attaching the same ticket to articles of various thicknesses andwhich will not be deformed when attached to comparatively thickarticles, but which will nevertheless exert a good grip on any articleto which the ticket may be attached.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a construction inwhich a ticket or card having a considerable extent of marking surfacemay be employed and by which the ticket or card will be reinforced andstiffened, as well as being firmly held in correct relationship with aspring clip forming a part of the novel construction.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists ina novel construction and arrangement of parts, the novel features ofwhich are pointed out in appended claims, and embodiments of which arehereinafter described, with references to the drawing accompanying andforming a part of this specification.

In said drawings,

Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are respectively front, side and rear views of one formof embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4. is the same as Figs. 1, 2 and 3, except that it shows how theconstruction may be modified by using a large ticket or placard.

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are respectively front, side and rear views of anembodiment which is in some respects simpler, from a manufacturingstandpoint, than the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

The form of invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 comprises a card orticket 10 which, within certain practical limits, may be of any sizedesired. Cooperating with the card is a. reinforcing and spring clipconstruction which is preferably made from a single wire. lhe ends ofthe wire are formed about the lower edge of the card as at 11.Preferably the bends are tight enough to clamp the card. From the bentends 11 the sides of the wire extend upward as at 12 to points near theupper rear edge of the card where they are bent to extend throughperforations at said points to the front or writing face of the card.The sides of the wire are then looped, as at 13, over the upper edge ofthe card and converged slightly as at 14 to bring the portions 15 withinand close to the side portions 12 of the wire, the portions 15 merginginto a bow 16. I

As shown at 17' (Fig. 2) the point of the bow 16 is turned outward fromthe face of the card to permit ready insertion of material or the edgeof an article under the clip, while bends, as at 18, in the side wires12' serve to cause the device to grip the material to better advantagethan if such bends 18 were not employed.

It is obvious that by'the construction described the card 10 is firmlyheld top and bottom by the wire, thereby preventing displacement of thecard with respect to the wire. It is also obvious that the'constructi'onas a whole serves to reinforce the card, and that the close relation ofthe portions 15 and 12 of the wireserves to cause the article to befirmly gripped between those portions of the wire, thereby'preventin'gthe clip from causing the card to be bulged by the pressure of material,such as thick cloth, against its back. I j

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 5, (Sand 7 the ends of thewire grip the lower edge of the ticket as at 20 and the sides 21 of thewire extend upward across the rear. ofthe card 10 to points neartheupper-corners of the card. The sides of the wire then pass over the topof the card and then are reversedly bent back over the top of the rearface of the card, then formed to constitute a spring clip 22 somewhatlike the clip'used in the other embodiment of the invention. Onedifference in the clip is that, as shown in Fig. 6, the bend at 24: issharper than the bend 13 in the other construction, but the operation ofthis form of ticket'is substantially the same as that of the other form.

The most important difference between the two constructions, however, isthat the doubled wire (see Fig. 7 may be caused to clamp the upper edgeof the card in much the same way as the lower ends 20, thereby making itunnecessary to pass the wire through perforations in the card asillustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing,

The construction shown in Fig. 4 is substantially the same as thatillustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, except that the card 10 is much largerand the lower ends 11 'of the wire pass through perforations in the cardand are then compressed to grip the card. This construction permitsusing cards or placards of desired size, within certain practicallimits, and is particularly desirable where a writing surface ofconsiderable extent is desired.

In all of the forms illustrated the ticket or card has a writing facewhich is substantially uninterrupted and in all of them there are nopoints or ends of the wire exposed to injure fabrics to which thedevices are to be attached. The device can, however, be manufactured ata low cost, with a corresponding low selling price to users.

In the foregoing description and in some of the claims, the terms top,lower edge and the like are employed, but they are used as a matter ofconvenience and are not intended to be limitations. It has also beennecessary to describe various bends in the wire, but the sequence inwhich they are mentioned is not to be taken as meaning that theyrepresent the sequence of steps in manufacturing, as all of the bendingand forming operations, and affixing the wire to the ticket, may beeffected in any order desired.

While the embodiments shown and described are admirably adapted tofulfill the purposes primarily stated, it is apparent that the ideas arecapable of various embodiments, with suitable modifications and changes,all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed is:

1. An article of the character described comprising a card, a wireattached at its ends to one edge of the card and having the portionintermediate its ends constructed to provide; parallel portionsextending to the other edge of the card, reversely bent portions formedto passthrough and over said other edge of the card, and a loop withinand having its side portions in close proximity to and on the same sideof the card as the aforesaid parallel portions.

2. An article of the character described comprising a card, a wireformed to provide two portions extending across one face of the card andattached to the edges of the card, said portions being bowed away fromthe face of the card intermediate their points of card is'to beattached, said clip being formed to facilitate introduction of thematerial between sad cooperating portions, and portions lntegral withthe clip extending around one edge and through andaround the other edgeof the card formed to hold the card and clip in correct operatingrelation.

l. A device of the character described comprising a card, a wire shapedto form a clip including portions cooperating to grip materialintroduced between them and loops in the wire passing from face to facethrough the card and over the upper edge thereof, the ends of the wirebeing bent about and clamped to the lower edge of the card.

5. A device of the character described comprising a card, a wire formedto make a spring clip on one face of the card to engage material betweenthe clip and the card including portions passing through and looped overone edge of the card, the ends of the wire being formed to grip theother edge ofthe card. I

In testimony whereof I hereto afiix my signature.

MELVILLE A. MARSH.

